1. The LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in

SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) is used for creating units of online training material that can be shared across systems. SCORM defines how to create objects that can be reused in different systems and contexts.

It is created based on several public standards and is followed by major e-Learning actors like NETg, Macromedia, Microsoft, Skillsoft, etc. It acts on three levels:

− Economic level: SCORM allows whole courses or small content units to be reused on different Learning Management Systems (LMS) through the separation of content and context.

− Technological level: SCORM generates a table of contents as an abstraction layer situated outside the content and the LMS. It helps the content and LMS communicate with each other. Communication is performed by means of bookmarks (“Where is John in the course?”), scoring (“How did John pass the test?”) and time (“How much time did John spent in chapter 1?”).

The LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in is an add-in that provides users with a list of SCORMs and AICCs along with their statuses, which allows monitoring progress in passing SCORMs and AICCs. It allows uploading content packages, gives Learners access to SCORMs and AICCs, and also allows them to view, review, continue, and delete their attempts.

NOTE:

When you are using the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in e.g. upload a SCORM or AICC package, run an attempt, etc. you are redirected from your O365 environment to scorm.elearningforce.com. This is the application host, which is an azure web service, and the application indeed handles certain actions with the help of it. Nevertheless, when you're redirected to scorm.elearningforce.com, the add-in keeps connection to your O365 environment.

2. Adding SCORM & AICC Player Web Part

To add the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Web Part to a page, do the following actions:

1. Go to the page, to which you want to add the Add-in;

2. Enter the Edit mode (click the Edit button in the ribbon);

3. Go to the Insert tab in the ribbon menu and select Web Part:

4. Select the “My Learning Modules” web part in the LMS365 category, and click Add:

5. The Web Part will be added to the page.

You can insert and use the Add-in Part as well. In the Edit Mode, insert your cursor in the location you wish to insert the Add-in Part, select “My Learning Modules” and click Add:

SCORM & AICC Player Web Part contains the list of uploaded SCORMs and AICCs. Next to the SCORM or AICC title buttons with available actions are located:

o Start - if the SCORM or AICC hasn’t been started by the Learner;

o Continue – if the attempt has been started by the Learner, but not finished;

o Out of Attempts – if the Learner’s attempt has been finished unsuccessfully and he has no more available attempts for this SCORM or AICC;

o New attempt – if the Learner’s previous attempt has been finished unsuccessfully;

o Complete – if the attempt has been completed by the Learner:

3. SCORM & AICC Player Web Part Settings

To access the SCORM & AICC Player Web Part settings, click the Add-in Part Settings link on the Web Part:

You can select whether to show Content Package Add-in in the Web part or not:

If you have other add-ins installed such as the LMS365 | Learning Module Builder or the LMS365 | Quiz Builder Add-ins you will see all of them. When all Add-ins are installed (and the Learning Module Builder Add-in is enabled) you will have an option to hide Content Packages and/or Quizzes if they are part of a learning module:

Select Add-ins to be displayed in the Web Part, use drag-and-drop to change their order, and then click Save button to save the changes or Cancel button to discard them.

3. Select a content package on your local computer to be uploaded and then click Upload button:

4. The time to upload the package will depend on the size and the speed of your connection. Progress of package upload will be indicated by the progress bar:

NOTE:

Max file size that can be uploaded is 1 GB.

5. Complete the opened form:

− Title – defines a name as it will appear in the headings and links throughout the site. Enter name for the uploaded content package. If this field is not filled, a validation message will appear:

− Description – defines a descriptive text that will help site visitors use the resource. Enter description text for the uploaded content package;

− Allowed number of Attempts per User – specify the number of attempts a user can take the content package (default value is set to 1);

NOTE:

For Lynda AICC packages the number of attempts is always set to 1. User who has once passed the package cannot pass it repeatedly.

− Timeout between attempts – specify the period between attempts (can be specified in seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks);

− Open Player in separate window – select this option to open SCORM & AICC Player in a separate window. If the option is unselected, Player will be opened on the same page. Please note that when this option is checked, the following options will be hidden – Show Table of Content, Show node completion status, and Show navigation controls.

NOTE:

If you select “Open Player in separate window” option for external packages (e.g. Lynda packages), Advanced Settings will be hidden on Edit Content Package form.

6. The system automatically determines which content type (SCORM or AICC) is uploaded and depending on this separates Advanced Settings for each type. To set content package settings, click Advanced Settings link:

a. In the opened window select necessary settings.

For SCORM content type they are as follows:

− Show statistics for learner – select this option to show the result page after completing the SCORM attempt;

− Show node completion status - select this option to display the current completion status of SCORM items;

− Use control mode flow for all nodes – this option is selected by default for sequencing control flow. It is used for a better end-user experience with different kinds of SCORM packages. If this option is selected, after attempting to take the SCORM, you will be redirected right to the SCORM (questions or description if there is any). If the option is not selected, the sequencing flow may be violated for the SCORMS where the control flow is set to False by default. The corresponding message will appear. The SCORM content is to be selected manually on the Tools menu. Select/do not select this option depending on how you want to implement the sequencing;

− Treat complete as passed – select this option to consider the complete status as passed;

− Finish by lessons status – select this option to specify, if an attempt is finished when lesson status for all elements is set:

After this option is selected, 2 options will automatically be selected:

• Go to next SCO automatically– automatically moves user to the next SCO element. Works only for Intermediate SCO element;

If “Go to next SCO element automatically”option ischecked, the system automatically moves to the next SCO element if the element is intermediate.

If the system receives from LMSFinish Positive status (completed/passed), it automatically moves to the next SCO element. If the system receives another status, nothing happens.

NOTE:

In SCORM 1.2 if SCO element has completed status = “Passed” or “Competed”, the system automatically moves to the next SCO element. If SCO element has completed status = “Failed” or “Incomplete”, the system does not move to the next SCO element.

In SCORM 2004 if among SCO element with completed or success status, there is at least one element with status “Passed” or “Competed”, the system automatically moves to the next SCO element.

NOTE:

If “Go to next SCO automatically” option is unchecked, to move to the next SCO element, user should click Next button.

− Allow user to resume incomplete attempt if SCORM Completion Status ='No' – this option allows users continue an incomplete attempt when SCORM completion status ='No'. Some SCORM packages set this status immediately when starting a SCORM resulting in New Attempt button being displayed to the Learner instead of Continue button;

In the table below possibility to continue attempt depending on status is described:

Completion Status

Success Status

Possibility to Continue Attempt

Yes

Yes

Continue is impossible - it is successful attempt

Yes

No/Empty

Continue is impossible - this can only happen in SCORM 2004 if ‘Treat Completed as Passed’ is disabled

Empty

Any Status

Continue is possible - such attempt is incomplete, it is not finished attempt. i.e. you can Suspend the attempt

No

Any Status

Continue is possible

NOTE:

Continue button opens the last from Incomplete and “Incomplete with completion status=No” attempts (it depends on their order). After clicking Continue button, User is redirected to the SCO element on which he/she stopped last time.

− Submit result to LMS asynchronously – select this option to allow Content Package to send results to the server asynchronously in order not to interrupt proceeding the attempt;

NOTE:

If your Content Package has been built by the ISpring Suite provider, please enable this option for the correct work of the package. If you are unsure whether the package supports such option, please contact your SCORM Authoring Tool vendor.

− Show navigation controls - select this option to display the buttons for switching between the SCORM items. After this option is selected 4 options will automatically be selected:

You can also select these options separately.

− Show Table of Content – select this option to display the table of content in the SCORM Player. The width of the table of content can be set in pixels.

For AICC content type settings are as follows:

− Show Submit button – select this option to display Submit button in the Player;

− Automatically close the Player – select this option to automatically close the Player after passing the AICC package.

NOTE:

‘Show Submit button’ and ‘Automatically close the Player’ are mutually exclusive options (i.e. you can choose only one of them).

b. Click Save button to save set settings or Cancel button to go back to the Edit Content Package form.

To add uploaded content packages to the current site, go to SCORM & AICC Player page, click Select a Content Package button , in Select a Content Package dialog select content packages to be added to the current site, and then click Save button:

The selected content packages will now be added to the current site and will be displayed in My Learning Modules Web part.

NOTE:

A content package can also be uploaded on a SCORM & AICC Player page while selecting content package.

5. Managing Content Packages

NOTE:

Changes made to content packages are displayed on all Tenant sites.

NOTE:

If LMS365 | Course Creator & Catalog Add-in is also installed on the site, Content Packages Management will be performed in the new Administration Center:

3. Click Edit Content Package button in the callout next to the name of the content package you want to edit:

4. Make necessary changes to the content package:

5. Click Save to save the changes or Cancel to discard the changes.

To update a content package use Overwrite option which allows uploading a new version of package with new content. Check this option, then select content package to upload:

NOTE:

The package name should be the same as the name of the old package.

After updating package old attempts will not be lost, information will be kept by the system (the changes will be applied for the not completed and new attempts). Users will be able to continue their old attempts using old content package and start new attempts using new content package.

o In Progress status – an attempt has been started, but has not been finished;

o Completed status – an attempt has been completed;

o Failed status – an attempt has been finished unsuccessfully;

o Out of attempts – an attempt has been finished unsuccessfully and there are no attempts left;

- Date Completed column – shows date and time of attempt completion.

NOTE:

For AICC package Success Status and Scale columns are not displayed.

NOTE:

If Learner had more than one attempt, the results of the last one will be displayed.

Information displayed on the Content Package Details page can be downloaded to your local computer in an Excel document .xlsx. For this click Export to Excel link:

A document will be downloaded to your computer. The information will be presented in the following form:

8. Review SCORM Attempt

NOTE:

Review attempt option is available only for SCORM packages.

To review a SCORM attempt, go to SCORM & AICC Player page. Select the needed SCORM and click View Learner’s Details button in the callout menu next to its name. The following information will be displayed:

You will be able to view Learner’s answers as well as Statistics page:

NOTE:

When the package is opened in the Review mode, it may allow a user to navigate between the nodes. Also it allows users to show both the user’s answers and the correct answers for the assessments. The later depends on the SCORM package.

When a user opens an unfinished attempt in the Review mode, he is redirected to the first slide, as opposed to a slide where he stopped the attempt. He/she cannot continue the attempt from the Review mode.

9. Downloading SCORM/AICC Packages

It is possible to download a content package uploaded to the SCORM & AICC Player. To download a content package, do the following actions:

3. SCORM packages can be filtered by 6 columns: Title, Content Type, Add to Course, Set Course Completion, Uploaded By and Version;

4. Point at a column you want to filter by and click Filter button . The following filter will be opened:

5. There are some variants of possible filter combinations from drop-down lists: “Show items with value that is equal to/is not equal to/starts with/contains/does not contain/ends with … and/or is equal to/is not equal to/starts with/contains/does not contain/ends with …”;

6. For Add to Course and Set Course Completion columns filter is the following:

7. Fill in the form and click Filter to filter content packages or click Clear to discard filtering:

4. Point at a column you want to filter by and click Filter button . The following filter will be opened for Title, Description, Content Type, File Name, Uploaded By, Modified By and Version columns:

5. There are some variants of possible filter combinations from drop-down lists: “Show items with value that is equal to/is not equal to/starts with/contains/does not contain/ends with … and/or is equal to/is not equal to/starts with/contains/does not contain/ends with …”;

6. For Date Uploaded and Last Modified columns possible filter combinations are the following: “Show items with value that is equal to/is not equal to/is after or equal to/is after/is before or equal to/is before … and/or is equal to/is not equal to/is after or equal to/is after/is before or equal to/is before …”;

To fill in this filter use button to set date and button to set time:

7. Fill in the form and click Filter to filter content packages or click Clear to discard filtering:

11. Reports

Reporting functionality is available in the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in for owners and contains information related to SCORM/AICC attempts. The system allow creating two types of reports: by Learner and by Package. Reports are scoped to site level.

• Course Site – shows the title of site on which the attempt was made. The name is a clickable link which opens the site.

NOTE:

Attempt time is calculated from the moment an attempt was first started till it was finished. So if user started an attempt and after some period of time clicked ‘Continue’, attempt time includes all the period till the attempt is finished.

• Number of Training Packages – shows number of all learner’s training packages;

• Completion Status – shows percent of successful learner’s attempts;

• Passed – shows percent of passed training packages;

• Score – shows learner’s score;

• Average time – shows average attempt time of all learner’s training packages;

NOTE:

Attempt time is calculated from the moment an attempt was first started till it was finished. So if user started an attempt and after some period of time clicked ‘Continue’, attempt time includes all the period till the attempt is finished.

• Attempts – shows total number of attempts started by the learner;

− Information about each training package on which learner made attempts:

• Package name – contains content package name;

• Status – shows success status of learner’s attempt;

o Not Started status – SCORM/AICC attempt has not been started yet;

o In Progress status – SCORM/AICC attempt has been started, but has not been finished;

3. Click “Import” and select the edited language file from your local computer.

4. Translation from “Custom Values” column will be displayed in “Your choice”. Click Save to save the translation.

NOTE:

The new translation is applied after page reload.

NOTE:

Prerequisite for presenting LMS365 sites (and also the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in) in more than one language: alternate language(s) should be chosen in site collection’s Site Settings -> Language settings.

Rules of presenting LMS365 sites (and also the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in) in different languages (specified by priority from high to lower):

1. The language preferences stored in the user profile. (It takes some time before user language preferences are applied after you change them). See link where to find these preferences.

2. If no language preference is defined in the user profile, the language preferences stored in the user's web browser are used. (You should reopen browser session if you change browser language preference). See link where to find these preferences.

3. If no language preferences are defined in the user's profile and web browser, the default site language is used.

NOTE:

If you need the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in be presented only in one specific language, you have to create Site collection (where the LMS365 | SCORM & AICC Player Add-in will be added) in that language and not choose any alternative languages.